Safeguarding report to governors: template

Download our template safeguarding report for the governing board, and get up to speed on what you need to include and the rules around confidentiality.

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on 9 September 2026
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Contents
  1. Download our template report
  2. Don't include confidential or sensitive information 
  3. Prepare for governor questions
  4. Use resources from The Key for more safeguarding support

Download our template report

Use this template to write your annual safeguarding report to the whole governing board. Adapt it to your school’s particular safeguarding needs.

Alternatively, use this template as guidance to create your own annual safeguarding report:

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Governors should be able to clearly understand your school's safeguarding context and priorities from the report.

It's also good practice to write termly safeguarding reports to the relevant committees and the safeguarding link governor. These don’t need to cover every safeguarding issue, but can go into more detail on specific areas of concern or improvement.

See another example for more guidance

Norfolk County Council's template safeguarding report (find it under 'Monitoring and evaluation') includes sections on training, online safety and mental health.

Governors don’t need to know the details of specific safeguarding incidents or who was involved. The report is to help